Science

Creation of 'Rocker' protein opens way for new smart molecules in medicine, other fields

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Rocker (blue ribbons and yellow sticks) is an artificially designed protein that transports zinc ions (green) across biological membranes (...

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Signs of Europa Plumes Remain Elusive in Search of Cassini Data

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Jupiter's icy moon Europa displays many signs of activity, including its fractured crust and a dearth of impact craters....

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India Launches its Largest Rocket into Space

India has successfully launched its largest rocket and an unmanned capsule which could send astronauts into space.

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Switching to spintronics: Berkeley Lab reports on electric field switching of ferromagnetism at room temp

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This is a conceptual illustration of how magnetism is reversed (see compass) by the application of an electric field (blue dots) applied...

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Unraveling the light of fireflie

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This detailed microimage shows larger channels branching into smaller ones, supplying oxygen for the firefly's light emission. The smallest...

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Scientists trace nanoparticles from plants to caterpillars: Rice University study examines how nanoparticles behave in food chain

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The buildup of fluorescent quantum dots in the leaves of Arabidopsis plants is apparent in this photograph of the plants under ultraviolet...

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Pb islands in a sea of graphene magnetise the material of the future

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In the sea of graphene (over an iridium crystal), electrons' spin-orbit interaction is much lower than that created by intercalating a Pb...

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Iranian Scientists Convert Curcumin Existing in Turmeric into Edible Nanodrug

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